In 1808, Napoleon Bonaparte decided that his close ally Spain needed to be conquered. Given that good friends are hard to come by, why did Napoleon do this? Why his betray Spain? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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Spain was not loyal to France/Napoleon. before the invasion of Portugal was planned, there was rumor that Napoleon had been defeated in Prussia, at which point Spain’s moron generalissimo, Manuel Godoy, issued a proclamation calling on the Spanish people to render support to him fighting an unstated enemy, clearly France. This betrayal and the unreliability it demonstrated is what made Napoleon decide to take over Spain.
Fun fact: the term "guerrilla" (meaning little war in Spanish) was coined during Napoleon's invasion of Spain to describe how the local population organised themselves in civilian armed groups to harass and fend off the invading French troops.
You didnt answer why he betrayed them in the first place
you didn't answer the question lol
They started to gather troops inside large cities as a joke and they actually let them, so may as well.
To this day!
In what is Hispanic America it meant that at last the nations could get their independence from Spain, so at least I am happy for Napoleon and I think we should have statues of him here everywhere. I don't say this with any animosity against Spain, just it was convenient for us. I think Napoleon succeeded, as maybe Spain, with such massive empire, was a threat to France and so, with the destruction of that paper empire he had no rival.
Part of a much more general story. Napoleon was one of the most brilliant generals to live and won battles consistently that others would have lost. But he was so bad at geopolitics and large-scale strategy that he ultimately lost anyways.
Why did he betray spain then
You didn't answer the question
WHY
Imagine living during that era – how would you have survived?
Can someone please tell why did spain had land in italy, Germany, belgium .i am not from Europe and we aren't taught that past of Europe very much it's non-existent in our educational life please give me enlightenment!
And Spain lost South America due to the lack of government in those times. It was bloody though.
Man, France being forced to ally with the British must have been such a nightmare for the heads at the top, it would've made the French revolutionaries and the French kings before them squirm and turn in their graves…
Imagine a war where you see India allying with Pakistan or North Korea allying with South Korea or Russia allying with the US or Israel allying with Palestine!!! 😂😂😂😂
It also detonated the independence war in then New Spain
He should have been aid Spain in order to annex Portugal. At least his 1 front would be closed permanently.
But WHY?
I speed up most youtube videos, because they speak soooo slowly. This is the only YouTube channel that I often slow down, to catch the rapid torrent of words!
why i click on ts and im getting talked to in calm german wtf
Because he liked Vietnam movies so much, that he wanted to live one.
And not a single mention in the Napoleon movie even if the collapse of his Empire started when he failed to invade Spain. Just like his generals disappeared in the movie.
1:22 I love this frame – the map that Napoleon's presenting looks really complicated, yet they seem to understand and love it ♥
PS: Where's Kelly Moneymaker?
In my opinion Spain was a worse mistake than Russia Napoléon did recover after he fled from Moscow but having significant number of his forces being held white in Spain and his best marshals being tied down when they could have been better used against the Austrians
because he's napoleon
1:45 wdym atheist french troops? France was a rather catholic nation at the time
Did Kelly Moneymaker stop being a patron? 😢
Why did Napoleon betray Spain?
Answer: Because he's an authoritarian jerk.
rip kelly moneymaker
Ferdinand VII was a shit tier king lmao
Who cares what spain thinks
Spain.
The "s" is silent.
As a Catalan, I can confirm that our main export is problems.
where is Kelly Money Maker
And from that moment, spain and france would have beef forever. France is probably the most hated country by spaniards, part envy, part napoleon, part recent beef and french protectionism.
And now france is somehow invaded by africa, so… I bet they dont like it either.
The king of spain was pathetic. Napoleon didnt betray nobody, he bought the crown of spain for 30 million of ducados.
Short answer: He was french.
2:31 why was the british dude smelling bad?